People are prideful of their nation. Nationalism is a way of explaining or putting in words how much some people really love their country. Some people love their country so much... they made a war. it honestly like that...everyone spent Billions of dollars. just to prove they were better and lost.
The modern United States receives its crowning star when President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs a proclamation admitting Hawaii into the Union as the 50th state. The president also issued an order for an American flag featuring 50 stars arranged in staggered rows: five six-star rows and four five-star rows. The new flag became official July 4, 1960.
Lincoln Steffens, Jane Addams, Upton Sinclair, Ida Tarbell, Jacob Riis,